新型コロナ、運輸・医療に負担集中　長時間労働２万人増―過労死白書

　政府は３０日、２０２０年版の「過労死等防止対策白書」を閣議決定した。白書では、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で、４月に運輸・医療両業界に従事する長時間労働者が前年同月より計２万人規模で拡大したことが明らかになった。
　４月は、全体として景気悪化や緊急事態宣言への対応で就業時間が減少していた。人々が日常生活を維持するのに欠かせない仕事をする「エッセンシャルワーカー」に負担が集中した形で、厚生労働省の担当者は「対策を取らなければならない」と語った。（2020/10/30-11:34）

The number of workers with long hours increased year on year by a total of some 20,000 in the transport and medical sectors in Japan in April, amid the coronavirus epidemic, a government white paper said Friday.
   The 2020 white paper on overwork death prevention was approved at a cabinet meeting on the day.
   Workers in industries that are essential to maintain daily life appeared to be facing heavy workloads, while work hours in other industries generally decreased as the government declared a state of emergency over the epidemic in April.
   According to the white paper, the number of workers who worked 80 or more hours in the final week of April totaled 60,000 in the transport and mail sector and 50,000 in the medical and welfare sector, both up by 10,000 from a year before.
   The proportion of such workers came to 1.71 pct in the transport and mail sector, up 0.22 percentage point, and 0.58 pct in the medical and welfare sector, up 0.10 point.